In September our water bill was $90; so we cut back; then in October the bill was $40.
[image: Inline image 1] We tried to use less water by: 1. Only doing full loads of wash using cold water once a week. 2. Filling the sink with water for dish washing, instead of leaving the water running. 3. Taking quick showers and low tub fills for bathing. 4. Stopped watering the front lawn and half of the back yard. Then, the November water bill came in at $110. This is just outrageous!!! Who are you going to call? So, I called the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to complain, to no avail. The water company is a monopoly! One guy's bill was over $500 for one month, and he was out of town for ten days. Go figure. They found a leak at his place - in the concrete foundation pipe! So, I've started to monitor the water meter. Do they actually read those meters, or is it just a guestimate? The rent is too damned high! [image: Inline image 2] On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > The rent is too damn high! > > Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath > insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at > the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just > outrageous! > > The rent is too damn high! > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme >> Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most >> conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get >> it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut >> down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. >> This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. >> >> >> Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, >> a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally >> speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or >> uninformed. >> >> >> Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of >> Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A >> sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, >> Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to >> the same exact thing. >> >> >> The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for >> Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad >> news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been >> malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. >> >> >> Ann wrote: >> I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans >> are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be >> any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is >> now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and >> whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid >> the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news >> for you guys, you already are. >> >> >> > >
